Prius Pricing increase

I "requested" (put a deposit down) on a prius in january, but when does the dealer put it into the CIRC system?

the allocation before me was Feb 18, so the dealer probably put in my request then, right?

I know you don't know my dealer, and I have e-mailed him, but would that be typical?

brian

 

Followup question:

Has the invoice price gone up also?

thanks,

Brian

 

e-mail from my dealer:

Good morning Brian,
You are right, that there is a $300 price increase coming soon. The good
news is that your car will probably be here before that and will not be
affected. However if it had been, you would still get the rebate.
Procedurally what happens is that we submit your order confirmation (which we already have done) then you pay the new price and Toyota sends you a check for the $300 within 4-8 weeks. Again, we anticipate that your car will be allocated around the 20th of this month which is well ahead of the price increase deadline of early April.


Brian

 

Brian,
That's good news all around for you!

 

Woo-hoo! Mail-in rebates!

Why don't they set up a separate web site and let customers order this thing like they would order a PC from Dell?

2004 Toyota Prius
As Seen On TV!

Now from
$19995
After $300 Mail-In Rebate
Rebate Details

 

AND, if you call in the next 30 minutes, WE'LL DOUBLE YOUR ORDER!!!

:guns: :guns:

 

Yes! Plus 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included. :lol:

 

Tag wrote:

I know you were only joking but, it brings up the scary idea of someone trying to integrate that into the Nav Screen and surfing while driving.

 

Wait -- why should we pay the new price, when we have a contract with the original price on it?!? I'm sorry, but Toyota needs to honor their contract! The price increase should only affect those who sign a new contract after the price increase goes into affect!

 

The trick is that most people do not have any kind of contract, only an indication of interest held by a deposit.

 

Even if a purchaser has a contract with a stated price (i.e. an actual number), typically there will be a clause reciting the fact that the manufacturer has the right to change the price without notice to the dealer and, in the event such change occurs, the dealer may change the cash delivered price to the purchaser. The good news (which isn't all that "good") is that the same clause usually provides that the customer has the right to cancel the order.

 

It just noticed (I think it happened only recently) that toyota.com now shows the increased MSRP.

Also, I have noticed (at least for some NC dealers) that I no longer can browse the incoming inventory. I'm not sure if that is a change from Toyota or there just really is no incoming inventory.

 

Ed,
You can try this address for the inventory info. The only reason I have it is because I put each NC dealer in my favorites.
http://www.toyotaweb.net/inventory/searchr...llColors&flag=1

Carl

 

Thanks CarlK - exactly the old feature I was looking for...

 

I signed the papers for an order on Sunday, March 28th. for a 2005, and the dealer had to leave a price out of the top line and put this:

MSRP Price at time of delivery............

There's not too much you can do about it, when the dealer dosen't have a clue if there will be an increase or not. Newark Toyota World of Newark, DE, so far seems like an honest sales group (if there is such a thing).

 

Two things

1. Toyota is not the only car manufacturer that increase the prices. I was into a chevy dealer yesterday with my farm truck and found out trucks went up $323.00 on the MSRP.

2. Did anyone check out the toyotaweb site listed 2 or 3 links above. Go to the last page and click on the last 2004 Prius link to see the options on the car. You will notice that this car has package 9 and the dealer is also charging $299.00 for the rear view mirror with Homelink (which is included with Package), Interesting.